List of names of famous revolutionary leaders of Indian independence movement and incidents related to them

In this article, we have given a list of the names of the famous revolutionary leaders of the Indian independence movement and the incidents/activities related to them which is very useful for the candidates preparing for competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, NDA, CDS, State Services, SSC and Railways etc.

The movement against the British for the independence of India was of two types, one was the non-violent movement and the other was the armed rebellion movement. Armed rebellion began with the establishment of the British Empire in India.

In Bengal, many armed rebellions like Military Revolt, Chuad Rebellion, Sanyasi Rebellion, Santhal Rebellion culminated in the revolt of 1857. But some armed revolutionary movements were underground. The factions of revolutionary movements were chiefly concentrated in Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, United Provinces and Punjab.

List of famous revolutionary leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and related incidents/activities 

 

Name of revolutionary    Related incident 

👉Alluri Sitarama Raju - Rampa Rebellion of 1922

👉Ambika Chakraborty - Chittagong Armoury Raid

👉Anant Laxman Kanhere - Shooting of British Officer Jackson

👉Ananta Singh - Chittagong Armoury Raid

👉Ashfaqullah Khan - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Badal Gupta - Attack on Writers' Building

👉Bagha Jatin - Hindu-German Conspiracy, Howrah-Sibpur Conspiracy Case

👉Baikuntha Shukla - Assassination of Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a government approver

👉Barindra Kumar Ghosh - Alipore Bomb Case

👉Basawon Singh (Sinha) - Lahore conspiracy case

👉Batukeshwar Dutt - Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929

👉Benoy Basu - Attack at Writers Building

👉Bhagat Singh - Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929

👉Bhavabhushan Mitra - Ghadar Mutiny

👉Bina Das - Attempted assassination of Stanley Jackson, Governor of Bengal

👉Chandrashekhar Azad - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Dinesh Gupta - Attack at Writers Building

👉Durgawati Devi (Durga Bhabi) - Running the bomb factory 'Himalayan Toilets'

👉Ganesh Damodar Savarkar - Armed movement against the British

👉Hemchandra Kanungo - Alipore Bomb Case

👉Hemu Kalani - Sabotage of Railway Track

👉Jatindra Nath Das - Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case

👉Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Khudiram Bose - Murder of Muzaffarpur

👉Krishnaji Gopal Karve - Shooting of British Officer Jackson

👉Madan Lal Dhingra - Murder of Curzon Wyllie

👉Manmath Nath Gupta - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Om Prakash Vij - President of India Freedom Fighter Association

👉Prafulla Chaki - Murder of Muzaffarpur

👉Pritilata Waddedar - Pahartali European Club Attack

👉Rajendra Lahiri - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Ram Prasad Bismil - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Rani Laxmi Bai - Battle of Jhansi to safeguard her kingdom 

👉Rash Behari Bose - Indian National Army

👉Roshan Singh - Kakori Conspiracy, Bamrauli Action

👉Sachindra Bakshi - Kakori Conspiracy

👉Shivaram Hari Rajguru - The murder of JP Sanders, a British police officer

👉Sri Aurobindo Ghosh - Alipore Bomb Case

👉Sukhdev Thapar - Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929

👉Surya Sen (Masterda) - Chittagong Armory Raid

👉Ubaidullah Sindhi - Silk Letter Conspiracy

👉Udham Singh - Shooting at Caxton Hall

👉Ullaskar Dutta - Alipore Bomb Case

👉Vanchinathan - Killed tax collector of Thirunelveli 

👉Vasudev Balwant Phadke - Deccan Rebellion

👉Veer Bhai Kotwal - Kotwal Dasta, Quit India Movement

👉Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - Father of Hindu Nationalism        

                                     

Conclusion 

The actions of the Indian revolutionaries were not unplanned actions, but a continuous struggle for an unbroken tradition of patriots to unite India.  The aim of those revolutionaries was not to shed the blood of the British, but they wanted a socialist democracy without exploitation.